Run if your broker offers you the moon

If your broker offers you 20 percent returns when there's a bear market, that is a flat-out hint to run for another. Remember convicted Ponzi Schemer Bernard Madoff consistently gave high returns, no matter the market condition. Only his investments turned out to be phantom, his victims discovered when he confessed to police that he had made up numbers and never actually invested in real companies.

If your broker offers you 20 percent returns when there's a bear market, that is a flat-out hint to run for another. Remember convicted Ponzi Schemer Bernard Madoff consistently gave high returns, no matter the market condition. Only his investments turned out to be phantom, his victims discovered when he confessed to police that he had made up numbers and never actually invested in real companies.

If your broker offers you 20 percent returns when there's a bear market, that is a flat-out hint to run for another. Remember convicted Ponzi Schemer Bernard Madoff consistently gave high returns, no matter the market condition. Only his investments turned out to be phantom, his victims discovered when he confessed to police that he had made up numbers and never actually invested in real companies.